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Offline Gus

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Finished up my First Bald Eagle Feather!
« on: April 12, 2012, 03:22:02 pm »
Sorry for the Hook Y'all... but I couldn't help it.
Specially with all the talk of Protected Feathers lately.

  :)

This one is a Life Size Bald Eagle left wing secondary, got the spec's off the web.
Carved from a piece of a downed Mesquite I picked up at Dove Camp last year.
Used a little powdered Kingman Turquoise to fill some voids.
Finished with 12 coats of CA Glue, sanded to 800, then polished out with Lindseed Oil and Rottenstone.
Then waxed with Carnuba Wax

Thanks for looking.

-gus




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Offline Adam

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Re: Finished up my First Bald Eagle Feather!
« Reply #1 on: April 12, 2012, 03:37:26 pm »
Wow! That looks amazing!
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Offline JW_Halverson

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Re: Finished up my First Bald Eagle Feather!
« Reply #2 on: April 12, 2012, 05:07:06 pm »
Gus, that just takes my breath away.  The grain of the wood is hypnotic.  This kind of freestyle carving just blows me away.  Wow, thanks for sharing!
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Offline ErictheViking

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Re: Finished up my First Bald Eagle Feather!
« Reply #3 on: April 12, 2012, 05:10:35 pm »
Ha! I thought you had made an imitation eagle feather from a white goose feather. (yours is way way way nicer) Very cool stuff!
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Offline Lee Slikkers

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Re: Finished up my First Bald Eagle Feather!
« Reply #4 on: April 12, 2012, 05:49:21 pm »
Gus...what a piece!!!  I've often thought I should try something like this (given I am a falconer and x-decoy carver) but somehow I never get around to it, seeing that piece makes me really regret not having done so.  Very nice!
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Re: Finished up my First Bald Eagle Feather!
« Reply #5 on: April 13, 2012, 07:06:05 am »
Thats beautiful,very fine work. :)
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Re: Finished up my First Bald Eagle Feather!
« Reply #6 on: April 13, 2012, 11:13:32 am »
yes sir

that is one sweet feather carving.

 8), dpg
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Re: Finished up my First Bald Eagle Feather!
« Reply #7 on: April 13, 2012, 11:30:59 am »
Beautiful!!!
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Re: Finished up my First Bald Eagle Feather!
« Reply #8 on: April 13, 2012, 01:29:19 pm »
Thank You Fellas,

I do love the way Mesquite works and smells, even with a dust mask on... :)
And the Golden Iridescence in Sun light can be mesmerising.

Have some staves of this stuff aging, looking forward to giving it a try as bow wood.

-gus
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Offline Stoker

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Re: Finished up my First Bald Eagle Feather!
« Reply #9 on: April 13, 2012, 02:57:37 pm »
Amazing work..It's beautiful in a picture can't imagine how nice it would be in the sun..
Thanks leroy
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Offline gstoneberg

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Re: Finished up my First Bald Eagle Feather!
« Reply #10 on: April 13, 2012, 03:02:49 pm »
I like it.  That mesquite heartwood is some pretty stuff.  I wasn't sure what to expect from the subject, but it was worth it.

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Re: Finished up my First Bald Eagle Feather!
« Reply #11 on: April 14, 2012, 02:25:31 am »
I told y'all Gus is a master craftsman ;)

Gus that's the prettiest feather I have ever seen. Just amazing.

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Re: Finished up my First Bald Eagle Feather!
« Reply #12 on: April 14, 2012, 03:58:17 am »
Wow :o
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Offline Carson (CMB)

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Re: Finished up my First Bald Eagle Feather!
« Reply #13 on: April 14, 2012, 05:20:59 am »
Gus, that is really cool. 8) Not what I expected!  I bet that thing looks amazing in person in the sunlight! Do you think you could carve a bat in flight out of wood.  I always thought that would be cool, but impossible to get thin life-like wings, then I saw this feather...

Lee, I wonder, is that where carving birds from wood originated? Some good old utilitarian hunting roots in those colorful carving books I see at the woodworkers store.
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Offline Lee Slikkers

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Re: Finished up my First Bald Eagle Feather!
« Reply #14 on: April 14, 2012, 11:22:39 am »
Quote from: CMB on April 14, 2012, 05:20:59 am
Lee, I wonder, is that where carving birds from wood originated? Some good old utilitarian hunting roots in those colorful carving books I see at the woodworkers store.

I think is possible but the utilitarian can before the "art" in almost all cases of waterfowl, shorebird or other carvings.  Fun to think about for sure!
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